Sunbathing headgear



A ril 12, 1966 I F. A. ROBISON SUNBATHING HEADGEAR Filed Feb. 5, 1964irramvsy United States Patent Q "ice 3,245,088 SUNBATHING HEADGEAR FaborA. Robison, Box 1487, Burbank, Calif. Filed Feb. 3, 1964, Ser. No.341,983 3 Claims. (Cl. 2181.4)

This invention relates to sunbathing accessories and particularly toheadgear therefor.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a sunbathing hatformed of a transparent plastic which is, however, substantiallyimpenetrable by the infrared rays of the sun and which, is additionallyprovided with means for causing it to be firmly held on the head of thewearer and at the same time to be readily adjustable to suit a widerange of head sizes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hat of the abovecharacter which is of simple construction, is readily and economicallymanufactured, is readily packed for shipment and is effective for itsintended purpose.

With the foregoing objects in view, together with such additionalobjects and advantages as may subsequently appear, the invention residesin the parts, and in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts disclosed, by way of example, in the following specification of apresently preferred embodiment of the invention, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings which form a part of said specification and inwhich drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hat embodying the invention,

FIG. 2 is a larger, fragmentary top plan view of the hat shown in FIG.1;

FIG. 3 is a still larger scale medial sectional view taken on the line3-3 of FIG. 2, and

FIG. 4 is a somewhat diagrammatic illustration of the mode of adjustmentof the head engaging portions of the hat for size as taken on the line4-4 of FIG. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the illustrated embodiment of the inventioncomprises a hat formed of a hollow body of modified conicalconfiguration in which the outer side surface is somewhat concave andthe inner surface correspondingly convex whereby the upper portion ofthe wall structure is substantially vertical. Preferably, this bodystructure is formed from a suitable rigid plastic sheet by a vacuumforming process. The plastic sheet is preferably of a type of materialwhich is pervious to ultraviolet rays and relatively impervious toinfrared rays.

The hat body at about the vertical plane representing the head of awearer is provided With four holes extending therethrough and disposedto form a rectangle of greater length than width and comprising twoholes 2, 2 spaced apart a distance designated as a on FIG. 2 and acorresponding pair of holes 3, 3 spaced apart at the same dimensionalong a line parallel to and laterally spaced from a line containing theholes 2, 2 by a dimension b which is somewhat less than the dimension a.These holes are each inwardly and downwardly slightly inclined towardthe axial line of the hat body.

The head engaging means comprises a pair of generally U-shaped rods 4, 4of resilient rigid plastic of a diameter closely fitting the holes 2, 2and 3, 3, said rods having one end thereof flattened slightly as at 5 toprevent passage of said end through the hole. The rebent end portion 6of the rods are preferably laterally outwardly curved as at 7 to conformsomewhat to the curvature of the head of a wearer.

The rods are inserted from the outside of the hat at diagonally oppositeones of the holes 2 and 3 and the ends opposite the flattened endsthereof are inserted either through the other hole of the pair throughwhich the rod was initially inserted or through the adjacent hole of thePatented Apr. 12, 1966 opposite pair of the holes. When the pair of rods4, 4 are inserted. respectively in the holes 2, 2 and 3, 3, these rodsare spaced apart a distance of the minor dimension b and when one of therods extends from one of the holes 2 to the adjacent one of the holes 3while the other of the rods extends from the other of the holes 3 to theadjacent one of the holes 2 the rods are again parallel but are spacedlaterally apart from each other a distance equal to the greaterdimension a. As initially formed, the rebent ends 6 of these rods areU-shaped at a slightly greater curve than will accommodate the distancebetween the holes in the hat and thus hold themselves in position byreason of being under tension when compressed to enter one or the otherof the holes opposite the hole engaged by the flattened end 5.

FIG. 4 illustrates diagrammatically the fact that a rod 4 extendingbetween a pair of holes 2, 2 may, alternatively, be compressedsufiiciently to extend between a hole 2 and a hole 3 as is alsoindicated in dotted lines in FIG. 2.

Since the holes 2 and 3 are somewhat inclined downwardly and toward theaxial line of the hat, the loops formed by the rods 4, 4 must be sprungapart laterally to fit over the head of a wearer and thus when engagedon the head of a wearer hold the hat firmly in place. Where the hat isto be worn by a child, the rods 4 would be placed so as to extendbetween the pairs of holes and when worn by an adult, the free ends ofthe rods would be swung to the adjacent hole of the opposite pair thusslightly cutting down the width of the loop formed by the rods butincreasing the lateral distance between the two rods to suit the head ofthe adult.

While in the foregoing specification there has been disclosed apresently preferred embodiment of the invention, it is not to beinferred therefrom that this invention is, in fact, limited to theprecise details of construction thus disclosed by way of example and itwill be understood that the invention includes as well, all such changesand modifications in the parts, and in the construction, combination andarrangement of parts as shall come within the purview of the appendedclaims. For example, the hat need not be of the illustratedconfiguratiton but may be of any other configuration to which the novelholding means may be applied.

I claim:

1. Sunbathing headgear comprising a hat formed from a sheet of rigid,transparent plastic and comprising a generally conical configuration,and a head engaging means detachably connected to said hat and dependingfrom the underside of said hat and comprising a pair of resilient rodsof U-shaped configurattion and each having the ends thereof detachablyengaging a pair of holes in the hat which are spaced apart a distanceother than the distance between the rod ends whereby the rods aresubjected to stress incident to engagement with the hat and aremaintained in such engagement by the imposed stress, said rods extendingin spaced parallel relation to each other; said rods adapted toresiliently grip the opposite sides of the head of a wearer.

2. Sunbathing headgear as claimed in claim 1 in which said head engagingmembers normally extend in downwardly converging directions with thebent ends thereof disposed at a lesser distance apart than the endsthereof connected to said hat whereby springing said rebent ends apartfrom each other provides said resilient gripping on the head of thewearer.

3. Sunbathing headgear comprising a hat formed from a sheet of rigid,transparent plastic and comprising a generally conical configuration,and a head engaging means detachably connected to said hat and dependingfrom the underside of said hat and comprising a pair of resilient,U-shaped members having the ends thereof connected to said hat in linesextending in spaced parallel relation to each other; said members beingadapted to resiliently grip the opposite sides of the head of a wearer,said hat being provided with holes extending therethrough and in whichsaid holes are arranged to define a rectangle of greater length thanWidth and in which holes the ends of said members are removably receivedwhereby when said members are positioned in the pairs of said holesdefining the longer sides of said rectangle, they are spaced apart thelesser distance represented by the width of said rectangle and viceversa.

215,998 5/1879 Waddell 2181.2 5 2,116,736 5/1938 Subira 2--209.3X3,089,145 5/1963 Kiefer 2-177 3,099,245 7/19'63 Deaner 2199 X FOREIGNPATENTS 761,395 1/1938 France. 10 1,160,343 2/1958 France.

890,040 2/ 196 2 Great Britain.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

1. SUNBATHING HEADGEAR COMPRISING A HAT FORMED FROM A SHEET RIGID,TRANSPARENT PLASTIC AND COMPRISING A GENERALLY CONICAL CONFIGURATION,AND A HEAD ENGAGING MEANS DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO SAID HAT AND DEPENDINGFROM THE UNDER SIDE OF SAID HAT AND COMPRISING A PAIR OF RESILIENT RODSOF U-SHAPED CONFUGURATION AND EACH HAVING THE ENDS THEREOF DETACHABLYENGAGING A PAIR OF HOLES IN THE HAT WHICH ARE SPACED APART A DISTANCEOTHER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE ROD ENDS WHEREBY THE RODS ARESUBJECTED TO STRESS INCIDENT TO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HAT AND AREMAINTAINED IN SUCH ENGAGEMENT BY THE IMPOSED STRESS, SAID RODS EXTENDINGIN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER; SAID RODS ADAPTED TORESILIENTLY GRIP THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HEAD OF A WEARER.